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İSTANBUL PHOTO AWARDS 2026

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Application Deadline: 9 Jan. 2026 at 23:59 (UTC+3) İstanbul time.  

LOCATION: Turkey

The İstanbul Photo Awards is open for application. All professional photographers and freelancers are encouraged to apply.

ELIGIBILITY:

The contest is open only for professional photographers.

The contest is open for photographers both freelancer and under the name of a company / agency. Freelancers can add company name for each submission at the INSERT IMAGE tab.

Applications are free and open between 13 Nov. 2025 – 9 Jan. 2026 at 23:59 (UTC+3) İstanbul time.

Photographs contain the relevant and correct information. Submitted photos must be taken in 2025 (between 1 Jan. 2025- 31 Dec. 2025).

The photographer has the liability for providing accurate personal information like name, age, company etc. besides the image info like date, location etc..

All submissions must have necessary information embedded into photographs IPTC like: title, description, creation date, city, and country. The info and category of the photographs can be updated until the deadline.

Photography captions must be written in English. Kindly check the caption limits before upload your photos.

No signatures, stamp or any other identifying mark is allowed anywhere on the entry. Photographer’s name or company should not be mentioned in the captions.

Digital manipulation and any kind of photoshop effects are not allowed, only basic color corrections are allowed. It is not allowed to add signatures on the photo or in the caption.

Photographers must be the copyright owner of the submitted photographs.

Photographs must not violate any third-party rights.

Photographers are invited to apply all categories at the same time, both with published and unpublished photos. 

Photographers can apply 4 different photos in single categories and 2 different stories in story categories.

Same photo cannot be submitted into two different categories. Story category applications should include 10 photos.

Kindly note that this contest is for professionals only, and İstanbul Photo Awards’ jury may ask for proof of the source of the photo or publications in newspapers, magazines, or websites.

BENEFIT:

2026 PRIZES: Single News 1st prize winner will be nominated as “Photo of the Year”, the laureate receives 6.000 USD in total.      

CATEGORIES  FIRST SECOND THIRD

SINGLE NEWS*6,000 USD1,500 USD1,000 USD
STORY NEWS3,000 USD1,500 USD1,000 USD
SINGLE SPORTS3,000 USD1,500 USD1,000 USD
STORY SPORTS3,000 USD1,500 USD1,000 USD
SINGLE NATURE & ENVIRONMENT3,000 USD1,500 USD1,000 USD
STORY NATURE & ENVIRONMENT3,000 USD1,500 USD1,000 USD
SINGLE PORTRAIT3,000 USD1,500 USD1,000 USD
STORY PORTRAIT3,000 USD1,500 USD1,000 USD
SINGLE DAILY LIFE3,000 USD1,500 USD1,000 USD
STORY DAILY LIFE3,000 USD1,500 USD1,000 USD
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FIBA PHOTO CONTEST 2025: BASKETBALL FOR GOOD

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Application Deadline: 21st of November 2025

LOCATION: Multiple Regions

Basketball isn’t just about the final score; it’s about the moments in between.

The high-fives after a good play, the pep talks in the huddle, the shared laughs on the bench, the hand that pulls you up when you’re down, and the unbreakable bonds that form on and off the court.
The FIBA Photo Contest 2025 celebrates what makes a team more than just a group of players: it celebrates the Dream Team.
Whether it’s your childhood crew at the local court, a tight-knit school team, or your weekend warriors who’ve become family, we want to see the heart that beats behind the hustle.
Capture the spirit of teamwork, the strength of friendship, and the warmth of a family that plays together.

Show us what your Dream Team looks like.

ELIGIBILITY:

A. The Contest is open to everyone regardless of age, nationality and country of residence. Participants under 18 years of age are responsible for ensuring that their submission is in compliance with the legal requirements of their country. Minors are deemed to have received their parents’ or legal guardians’ prior approval for their participation in this Contest. The approval must be joined to the registration.

Participation in the Contest is free of charge.

Photos taken during FIBA Events, or a work product of a FIBA or FIBA Foundation designation or assignment will not be considered for the contest.

The Contest is open from September 22nd 2025 until November 21st 2025 at midnight (GMT/UTC +1). After this date and time, submissions will no longer be taken into consideration.

Photos must be taken by the participant himself/herself and be personal creations. They cannot be presented in the name of a third party.

Pictures must be in connection with the themes chosen by the FIBA Foundation.

Each participant can submit a maximum of three (3) pictures related to the theme. Participants will be deemed to have officially entered the Contest upon submission of at least one picture.

Drawings, illustrations, computer-made or assisted pictures are not permitted. Furthermore, images generated or altered using artificial intelligence tools are not eligible for submission. The only alterations permitted is the modification of certain parameters (Saturation, contrast, sharpness, temperature of colours, balance of whites and colours) as well as eliminating noise.

Mandatory elements for the pictures:

Format: JPEG/JPG format.

Minimum size: 4MB.

Maximum size: 20MB.

Minimum number of pixels: 5 million.

Description (title, author, country of origin and a small caption).

No text or description on the photo.

BENEFIT:

1st PRIZE: Photographic equipment at a value of 2.500 CHF

Travel & accommodation to be the official photographer of the FIBA Open 2026, biggest grassroots 3×3 tournament organised in Switzerland.

Publication in the FIBA Photo Book 2025, FIBA Foundation and FIBA social media channels, and diploma.

2nd PRIZE: Photographic equipment at a value of 1.500 CHF

Publication in FIBA Photo Book 2025, FIBA Foundation and FIBA social media channels, and diploma.

3rd PRIZE: Photographic equipment at a value of 1,000 CHF

Publication in FIBA Photo Book 2025, FIBA Foundation and FIBA social media channels, and diploma.

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